Focus: Just Get Started

“Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

~Martin Luther King Jr.

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Positive Thinking

"Clear your mind of can’t." 

~Samuel Johnson

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Cultivate a Strong Mind

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

 ~Mahatma Gandhi

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Strength

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Beginnings

"Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness." 

~Publilius Syrus

In order to accomplish anything, you have to start where you are. Accept yourself and where you are in this moment, and then get to work. Remember that the first step is oftentimes the most difficult.

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Self Love

"I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself."        

 ~Oprah Winfrey

Loving your body does not require you to be perfectly happy with every aspect of it. It simply means you are in rapport with your body, grateful for the amazing gift that it is, and appreciative for the many pleasures it offers. When you love your body you will feel good about who you are, and you'll feel more attractive, all of which will help your inner light shine more brightly.

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Be Present

"One cannot change the past, but one can ruin the present by worrying over the future" ~Annonymous

Be present-in the now! Allow yourself to enjoy the moment! Notice your sensations-what you smell, what you hear, how you breathe, what you taste and what you touch. Be in your body and enjoy being alive now because right now is the only life you are guaranteed to have.

Each week has a focus, quote, and an intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Courage

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."

~Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

There may be many times in pole (and life) that you are scared; there may be many times that you are not even sure that you can do whatever it is that you need to do and walk away from it still breathing! Feel the fear and do it anyway. Be courageous and be proud of yourself for trying.

Each week has a focus, quote and an intention. You can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Authenticity

"If you are able to be yourself then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence" 

~Barbara Cook

Comparing yourself to others is a distraction from your own growth. Get more interested in improving yourself. You are the only one who can do that.

Each week has a focus and intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string around your wrist this is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Beauty

"I've never seen a smiling face that wasn't beautiful" 

~unknown

Beauty comes from the inside and is expressed outward; it doesn't move in the other direction. Smiling is contagious. Share your smile in class and in the world. Show everyone the joy that you have inside.

You can keep PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Expansion

"And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" 
~Anais Nin

If you have kept yourself small, it is time to let go and allow yourself to expand. Challenge your fears by loving yourself enough to take the next step. Today is your day to blossom.

Each week has a focus and intention, you can keep PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Embrace Mistakes!

"We learn wisdom from failure much more than success." 

~Samual Smiles

Don't simply move past your mistakes, Celebrate them!

Have a little chuckle, keep a smile on your face, and be kind to yourself.

That way you will learn smoothly and move forward quickly.

Each week has a focus and intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence thoughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: Your Song!

"A bird does not sing because it has an answer. 

It sings because it has a song!"

 ~Maya Angelou

Every person is unique and different and that is wonderful! Take time this week to recognize what song you want to, are called to, or choose to sing. You don't even have to sing your song, you could dance it, perform it, or live it! When you recognize your song, choose to sing it, and sing it loudly and proudly.

Each week has a focus and intention, you can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence thoughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.

Focus: “I am grateful.”

"The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." ~Marcel Proust

See your body with different eyes. In our culture, looking at our bodies and critiquing them has become normalized. This practice does not cause the body to change for the better. Instead it causes decreased self-esteem, acting as if we are "less than" someone else, and sometimes not caring for, and not being grateful for, our bodies. This week, allow yourself to be grateful for your body. Notice what you love about your body, stand proudly, and experience joy in how your body is right now.

Each week has a new Focus and Intention

You can keep the PoleMoves weekly intention and focus in existence throughout your week by posting the focus on your wall or wearing a bracelet, or string, around your wrist that is intended to remind you of the focus. You can also create a piece of art with the same focus and intention.